KWR: Deactivating Facebook before Wedding

Go for it, sounds like youll have plenty going on that you wont need FB as a time filler!

Deactivating your account won't stop others from uploading pictures of you...

I permanently deleted Facebook like 3 years ago. One of the best decisions I've made!

They can still upload your photos.

Deactivating Facebook would make it so you couldn't be tagged in any pictures anyone does upload of you so you'd ultimately miss you on them.

Maybe just delete the app from your phone? (if you have a smartphone) I know having FB at my fingertips can ultimately be distracting but if you don't have the app it's inconvenient to be on it

You wont be able to avoid having pictures of your dress being online entirely. People will still be able to post them, just not on you fb page, and wont be able to tag them. I think a break from FB is a fabulous idea however. You don't have to go so far as to deactivate your account, just don't log on!

Thanks everyone. You're right I just need the will power! Lol

I didn't think about missed tags on pictures either. I think I will just try to resist.

In the settings you can set to approve of every picture posted of you to your wall and block others from posting on it.

otherwise just unplug.

Even if you deactivate your profile, pics will get uploaded. There is no way around that. We did an unplugged ceremony and shit was still posted right away.

King hit the nail on the head. Change your settings to approve tags. But that only works if people tag you. I had people take pics of me at my ceremony, upload them to FB and not tag me. Whaaaatever.

Just change your settings so you have to approve tags first.

I've had my profile deactivated, as well as my FH, for years. I don't miss it at all.

Just have someone change your password for you and then tell you what it is afterwards

@Angela Marie I've not heard of an unplugged ceremony? What did you do for that? Post a sign asking to keep phones kept away?

I second Angela. We are having a small destination ceremony and a large reception in town later. We will be delicately advising guests that we don't want photos taken at our ceremony. This is for three reasons:

1) We attended a wedding in March where more than half of the guests at this small intimate wedding were standing and moving around taking photos during the ceremony (one girl was even in the aisle with her enormous iPad), it was so distracting and the "snap" of their cameras was so loud that we felt robbed of the entire purpose of flying out to Florida: to witness our friends' nuptuals.

2) We do not want our professional photos filled with guests whose faces are covered with cameras and smartphones, or their flashes ruining a potentially great professional photographer's shot. (I read the following article written by a photographer which discusses these obstacles:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bridal-guide/why-you-might-want-to-con_b_3331528.html)

3) Like you, we don't want photos all over the internet since most of our reception guests will not be attending our destination ceremony.

Here's a neat little sign I found on pinterest:

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/138626494754412498/

Admittedly, this may be a little extreme for some. I say to each their own.

People are so daft today with their phones - even with an unplugged ceremony you will have a cousin or someone who will live-tweet a picture of your dress or a Vine of you walking down the aisle. I was at wedding a few weeks ago and this very thing happened. She too had signs and had the preacher say to shut the phones off - yea, past the first two rows no one was in abidance.

Before the wedding began and everyone was seated, our officiant just said a quick deal asking people to tuck phones and cameras away as the bride and groom have hired 2 amazing photographers to capture the way the wedding looks, we invite you to sit back and capture the way the wedding feels yadda yadda yadda ... I'm a little irked that people didn't listen but oh well.